John Baldessari Movies

  • 2012
    A Brief History of John Baldessari

    A Brief History of John Baldessari

    A Brief History of John Baldessari

    62012HD

    The epic life of a world-class artist, jammed into six minutes.

    A Brief History of John Baldessari
  • 1972
    Teaching a Plant the Alphabet

    Teaching a Plant the Alphabet

    Teaching a Plant the Alphabet

    01972HD

    “[A] rather perverse exercise in futility,” this tape documents Baldessari’s response to Joseph Beuys’s influential...

    Teaching a Plant the Alphabet
  • 1977
    Six Colorful Inside Jobs

    Six Colorful Inside Jobs

    Six Colorful Inside Jobs

    01977HD

    Seen from a bird's eye view, a figure paints the walls and floor of a windowless room six times in six days, using each of the primary and secondary...

    Six Colorful Inside Jobs
  • 1971
    I Am Making Art

    I Am Making Art

    I Am Making Art

    01971HD

    In an ironic reference to body art, process art and performance, Baldessari challenges definitions of the content and execution of art-making....

    I Am Making Art
  • 1990
    John Baldessari: Some Stories

    John Baldessari: Some Stories

    John Baldessari: Some Stories

    01990HD

    Presented without commentary, this film reveals the thinking behind the work of John Baldessari over the course of his career, and provides clues to...

    John Baldessari: Some Stories
  • 1972
    Title

    Title

    Title

    01972HD

    Baldessari progresses from simple, static images, such as a rock in an empty room, to complex narrative scenes, like a woman eavesdropping on her...

    Title
  • 1971
    Walking Forward-Running Past

    Walking Forward-Running Past

    Walking Forward-Running Past

    01971HD

    In Walking Forward-Running Past, Baldessari ingeniously employs photography and video to examine and ultimately deconstruct film. In this conceptual...

    Walking Forward-Running Past
  • 1972
    Baldessari Sings LeWitt

    Baldessari Sings LeWitt

    Baldessari Sings LeWitt

    01972HD

    A tribute to fellow artist Sol LeWitt, Baldessari sings lines from LeWitt's thirty-five statements on conceptual art to the tune of popular songs.

    Baldessari Sings LeWitt
  • 1970
    Cremation

    Cremation

    Cremation

    01970HD

    John Baldessari is today known as one of the leading conceptual artists of his generation, using found or appropriated images and exploring the...

    Cremation
  • 1971
    Folding Hat

    Folding Hat

    Folding Hat

    01971HD

    'Folding Hat' is a deadpan conceptual exercise that represents a dashed attempt to rescue an object from the meaning assigned to it. Whistling an...

    Folding Hat
  • 1972
    Inventory

    Inventory

    Inventory

    01972HD

    In a sly twist on the methodology of the 18th-century "philosophes" who classified the laws and history of the world in massive encyclopedias,...

    Inventory
  • 1979
    John Baldessari: An Interview

    John Baldessari: An Interview

    John Baldessari: An Interview

    01979HD

    From his photo-text canvases in the 1960s to his video works in the 1970s to his installations in the 1980s, John Baldessari’s (b.1931) varied...

    John Baldessari: An Interview
  • 1973
    The Meaning of Various News Photos to Ed Henderson

    The Meaning of Various News Photos to Ed Henderson

    The Meaning of Various News Photos to Ed Henderson

    01973HD

    Baldessari introduces eight news photos to Ed Henderson — ranging in subject matter from geese at the zoo to an accidental electrocution...

    The Meaning of Various News Photos to Ed Henderson
  • 1971
    I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art

    I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art

    I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art

    01971HD

    In 1971, Baldessari was commissioned by the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Canada to create an original, on-site work. Unable to make the...

    I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art
  • 1971
    New York City Post Card Painting

    New York City Post Card Painting

    New York City Post Card Painting

    01971HD

    A short film by John Baldessari

    New York City Post Card Painting
  • 1974
    Ice Cubes Sliding

    Ice Cubes Sliding

    Ice Cubes Sliding

    01974HD

    A film by John Baldessari

    Ice Cubes Sliding
  • 1971
    Black Out

    Black Out

    Black Out

    01971HD

    A film by John Baldessari

    Black Out
  • 1970
    Ed Henderson Suggests Sound Tracks for Photographs

    Ed Henderson Suggests Sound Tracks for Photographs

    Ed Henderson Suggests Sound Tracks for Photographs

    01970HD

    Baldessari has commented that he is "less interested in the form art takes than the meaning an image evokes." In Ed Henderson Suggests Sound Tracks...

    Ed Henderson Suggests Sound Tracks for Photographs
  • 1973
    Ed Henderson Reconstructs Movie Scenarios

    Ed Henderson Reconstructs Movie Scenarios

    Ed Henderson Reconstructs Movie Scenarios

    01973HD

    Baldessari has Ed Henderson examine obscure movie stills and attempt to reconstruct the films' narratives.

    Ed Henderson Reconstructs Movie Scenarios
  • 1973
    Four Short Films

    Four Short Films

    Four Short Films

    01973HD

    Contemporaneous to his best-known video works, these Super-8mm films represent Baldessari's conceptual engagement with motion picture film, pointing...

    Four Short Films